Simplicity

The last few weekends have been really busy for David and me.  Two weekends ago I enjoyed a LOVELY "girls night out" with my small group- - where we sat in the hot tub and ate free pizza and talked until we had to "spring forward."  (I hate daylight savings time so much more with a child.)  Anyway, this weekend I went to a "Simplicity Party" on Saturday and shopped with my mom in Lincoln on Sunday and went to KC on Monday to visit my sweet friend Sarah and her adorable baby, Levi.  I have been really thinking about the Simplicity party and am trying to get the thoughts out of my head and somehow "out."  This is my best attempt.

If I had to sum up the party, I would say this: "Why do you have all this extra stuff in your home (and therefore your life and mind) when people in our community legitimately need it?"  I ask myself, "why do you have a closet and a half full of clothes that you no longer wear, when the women of the Lydia House could really use and wear it?"  (My work clothing would be great for the Journey To Work Program!)  Suddenly, keeping an entire wardrobe of clothes because I hope to someday be my highschool size seems a little selfish.  (And who am I kidding?